! Today I was blessed with being named to the highest coaching position their is...DAD! Emme Eilis Breen arrived at 1:30am today after a stubborn Irish battle with induction. Mama defined the
#WWACD
attitude and I couldnโt be happier.
Attention parents of college kids:
If you want them to pay for next yearโs tuition, send them to Umpire training school immediately when they return home this summer and they can work every single day all summer long and make an absolute killing. The umpire shortage is real!
Iโm sorry but can we eliminate the word โUncommittedโ from in front of any player younger than Class of 2023?!?! Letโs call them what they are...FRESHMEN IN HIGH SCHOOL! Iโm well aware the landscape of recruiting has changed, but letโs not put unnecessary pressure on KIDS.
Donโt just read the title. Read the article and quotes. If you DONโT want your kids coached to act like winners when they win or lose, then YOU have no business being involved. I coached against Mike & he has always been a respectful competitor. Hope people do the right thing.
A coach delivered an angry, profanity-laced speech to members of the
#NorthAttleboroMA
High Schoolโs varsity baseball squad last spring in what one parent is complaining was an abuse of the players.
for
#TeamBreen
Shea Elizabeth Breen was born at 6:16am weighing in at 7lbs 12oz. Big sister Emme awaits her double-play combo at home. Mama once again showed us what it is to be a CHAMPION. The whole squad is ecstatic about the new roster addition!
#WWACD
My family & I are incredibly excited for the opportunity to become part of the Feehan family.
We look forward to building a championship caliber program that the players, families, community & alumni will be proud of!
โ๏ธWin Now. Win Forever. Go Shamrocksโ๏ธ
We are excited to announce the hiring of Coach Joe Breen as the next manager of the Feehan baseball program. Welcome to the Feehan Family, Coach Breen! Read more here:
My father who currently lives in Naples, FL and is a โ61 St. Johnโs Prep grad and in the Athletics Hall of Fame had this response 8 minutes after getting word on our first round matchup: โFlight booked. See you in 48 hours. Go Mansfield.โ
#family
#WWACD
#Super8
Dear HS Athletes, you NEED to be the one communicating with your coaches. It's tough to have a true/positive relationship with a player when you only hear from the parent. Parents, when there is something that needs to be relayed to the coach, teach your child how to communicate.
Congratulations to my college coach, mentor & most importantly great friend, Coach Pat Boen on his 600th career win!
Coach consistently kept things fun + grew our love of the game, our teammates and competitionโฆlessons that last a lifetime.
Congrats Coach!
@StonehillBASE
While Emmeโs arrival officially made us a family, I realized weโre already part of multiple families. THANK YOU to all who reached out from
@GBG_Hawks
@MHSHornetBASEBL
& those Iโve had pleasure meeting over years in the โพ๏ธ coaching fraternity. Itโs all about the relationships!
While I believe in the committee's ability to select the best teams, I owe it to my
@MHSHornetBASEBL
boys to fight for them as this is what they worked so hard for.
In 2015, after 1st season at MHS, I decided to go to Super 8 selection meeting to see what it was all about...
I am the child of a pilot and a flight attendant. Traveling perks were very available. Not one time did I go away during school vacation because I couldnโt fathom missing sports or time away from the team whether it was youth or high school.
#justsayin
Today essentially put an end to the 2020
@GBG_Hawks
season...
300+ Players/Families
50+ Coaches
500+ games
300+ practices
โพ Phone calls w Board of Health
Thank you to everyone who made it all happen. 2021 starts Tuesday!
Honored & humbled to find out Iโve been elected to the North Shore Baseball League Hall of Fame. Spent 11 unforgettable seasons w
@SwampscottSox
. 3 Championships but most importantly found what it means to be great teammate as I was surrounded by so many. THANK YOU
@PlayNSBL
!
Why being 5-10 mins late for practice IS A BIG DEAL.
Team done w/ warm ups by time U arrive. โก๏ธ Team throws while U warm up. โก๏ธ Team into skill session & U need someone to throw with. โก๏ธ Teammate has to throw w U & lose own time OR coach throws w U & team loses coach for drills.
Our boys gave everything they had this season, even when it seemed like it was impossible to come back and for that I am extremely grateful I had the opportunity to coach them this season. To our seniors, you have left your mark on this program. You are forever champions.
#WWACD
Mansfield's season comes to an end after 10-7 (10-inn) loss to Walpole in D1A Tournament. Hornets finish season 19-5, Hockomock Kelley-Rex Division Champs, and the 1st team in school history to make the Super 8. It was one for the record books! Our seniors will surely be missed!
Our
@MHSHornetBASEBL
2019 College Baseball Commits!
Kyle Moran: Stonehill
Dan Saraceno: Bridgewater State
Jake Gerraughty: WNEC
Connor Sheehan: Bentley
Sam Nugent: Brandeis
More to come!
I want players of all ages (and parents about your kids) to ask yourselves this question:
How often do you go out and have someone hit you ground/fly balls at a local field for 30+ minutes outside of a structured/scheduled practice?
IT DESPERATELY NEEDS TO HAPPEN MORE!
In April 2017, Tyler was told he had a stress fracture in his back and would not be able to play his JR season. It devastated him, but he never quit. Now, he is the MVP & will take the mound in arguably the biggest game in school history today. So proud of you TD...NOT DONE YET!
TD = MVP!
Mansfield's Tyler Dalton is voted as the 2018 Hockomock League's Most Valuable Player. Dalton proved to be a dual-threat on the mound and at the plate this season in leading his team to a league championship!
6-1, 41.1 IP, 59K
.431 AVG, 3 2B, 3 3B, HR, 27 RBI
The
@GBG_Hawks
just had the 23rd player from Class of โ22 commit to a good fit to compete and continue their education at the college level.
A breakdown of how many years those players have been in our program.
1yr = 2
2yr = 1
3yr = 4
4yr = 0
5yr = 3
6yr = 12
7yr = 1
#justsayin
For the first time in mid-March, Iโm going to say we NEED a snow storm like right now. Just dump it on us. Lock everyone in their house, create some
#SocialDistancing
, cure the
#coronavirus
, melt it all and get on to baseball season. Mother Nature, where you at this time?!?!
#gbgfamily
isnโt just a hashtag. We had an incredible day today with my man
@CoachWelchRBI
aka โThe Godfatherโ for Emmeโs Christening. Family is family.
Proud to be part of the Perfect Game New England World Series All-Tournament Team.
Logged 426 miles, learned where Winchendon was, waved in 38 runs, wrote 6 lineups w/ quality penmanship and treated myself to a Chic Fil A Oreo milkshake after we got bounced.
#blessed
#TryoutTips
#13
SENIORS: This is not your time to boss the underclassmen around just because you are a senior. This is your time to LEAD! Show the underclassmen โhow we do things here.โ You donโt gain respect by talking at others, you earn it through working FOR others.
#WWACD
For anyone paying attention to
@GoNUbaseball
over the last 5 or so years, this is no surprise. Coaches who value hometown talent and development. Congrats on a huge weekend for the players, the program, Glav, Cobb & Pooch. Well deserved and cheers!
Iโm not crying, youโre crying. Todayโs
#AlienMask
๐ฝ POG goes to Senior Captain Connor Sheehan. Connor has missed this season due to injury but brings this team energy every day and has been ultimate teammate his entire career. Bentley is getting a GREAT one.
@Csheehan03
#leader
18 years ago today, the best voice answered the phone, my mom. I was a PG at Canterbury, my mother a lifelong flight attendant, at the time for
@united
. She flew BOSโก๏ธLAX weekly, same as Flight 175. Some of her friends & their families were not as fortunate.
#NeverForget
Just incredible. For those who donโt know, this is annually the top amateur baseball tournament in the world and a kid from North Attleboro, MA who was on the โBโ team in our program just 2yrs ago was named MVPitcher. This young man earned it all through old fashioned hard work.
Every good team has the โheart and soulโ guy. Michael Hargadon is our HEART AND SOUL guy and he gets the
#AlienMask
๐ฝ POG in our programs first ever Super 8 W! Love this kid.
As one of the most legendary classes at
@MHSHornetBASEBL
gears up to leave for college, a few words of advice to the 2019 Class
#WWACD
I love you guys and canโt wait to see all your successes in the next chapter.
โCoach, donโt worry, I wonโt miss a single day this season. The goal doesnโt change and Iโll be there every step of the way.โ Now thatโs exactly why he is a captain of this team. Would do anything for
#3
.
Thinking about our guy
#3
today after season-ending surgery. We will give it everything we got for you this season just as you always have for us.
#WWACD
Congratulations to my good friend and fellow coach Tim Corbin and his
#VandyBoys
on winning their 2nd National Championship! He has no idea who I am but there was no way I was going to be in the same room as him and not get a selfie w the GOAT. Wish I had the
#AlienMask
with me!
WHAT.A.NIGHT! Incredible honor to be inducted into the NSBL Hall of Fame
@playnsbl
. I cherish the 11 yrs I played in the league for
@SwampscottSox
w the best guys Iโve had pleasure of associating myself with. My teammates are the
#1
reason I received this honor. Thank you!
Flags on all Boston Police facilities will be lowered to half-staff from sunrise until sunset on Saturday, October 31, 2020, in honor of U.S. Army Specialist Fallon M. Boyle of Lowell, Massachusetts. Specialist Boyle passed away on October 27, 2020.
WHAT.A.WEEK!
@RBIAcademy
@GBG_Hawks
!
โช๏ธOpened new facility in Mansfield.
โช๏ธ2 new hires in Dir of College Development Zach Brown + Asst Dir of Pitching Dom Grillo.
โช๏ธ3 college commits inc
@GeretyRyan
(Northeastern),
@ryannflaherty12
(Stonehill),
@jaylafleurr
(Franklin Pierce)
How it started vs How itโs going
The
@RBIAcademy
Advanced Pitching Development facility in Mansfield, MA is primed and ready to rock this winter.
Only 5 more days to register for the areaโs top off-season pitching program at .
Thank you to
@MassBCA
for the opportunity to coach some of my boys one last time at last nights MBCA EMass Senior All-Star Game. L-R: Dan Saraceno (Bridgewater State), Eric Longley (Keene State), Sam Nugent (Brandeis), Kyle Moran (Stonehill).
@MHSHornetBASEBL
Piece of advice to HS players looking to play at the college level:
Many colleges are wrapping up their fall seasons this weekend. Get out and watch. Know the level of play at that school/conference/division so you have an idea of what it actually takes to play at that level.
The weekend of March 20-21, 2021 may go down as one of my favorite weekends in
@GBG_Hawks
history. All 25 teams, 340+ players & 40+ coaches got after it ON FIELD 1 year from the first weekend of cancelled practices due to COVID. Thank you to our
#gbgfamily
for sticking together!
Weโve had some really good players come through
@GBG_Hawks
program over the years but I watched some 14-15 year olds do things on a field today that 14-15 year olds donโt really do. Balls were leaving the yard at an absurd rate and tracing flames across the diamond & on the bump!
At some point this summer, your role in a particular game is going to be simply as a pinch hitter, pinch runner or defensive replacement.
You have 2 choices:
1) Sulk that youโre not starting OR
2) Prepare for your opportunity and dominate the role.
@GBG_Hawks
Something you will NEVER see from
@GBG_Hawks
is naming/referring to any team as a โshowcase teamโ. Itโs an oxymoron. We want players/families who understand why. Our focus is assisting athletes in their DEVELOPMENT to a point where they have recruitable physical & mental skills.
Congrats to my man
@coach_hall1
, officially named HC of
@MHSHornetBASEBL
this AM. He is the right man for the job & will undoubtedly take the program to new heights. Iโm incredibly happy for him, the kids & future of Mansfield baseball. GO HORNETS!
Not your average baseball season. Just completed scheduling 150 Home Games & 125 practices for
@GBG_Hawks
10U-18U teams FOR THE MONTH OF JULY! August on deck.
Itโs time for the Hawks to soar!!!
#hawksboro
Major piece to HS player (and parents)understanding what level of college baseball they COULD play at is knowing what that level actually is. WATCH COLLEGE BASEBALL GAMES! Great opportunity this Wed, 6pm
@StonehillBASE
vs
@ACGreyhoundsBB
at Campanelli Stadium for the local guys.
Welcome to the NEW
@RBIAcademy
Advanced Pitching Development facility in Mansfield, MA!
โช๏ธ12,000 sq ft, 35โ High Ceilings
โช๏ธFull-Time Pitching Coaches
โช๏ธ4-Phased Program (Nov-Mar)
โช๏ธ
@rapsodo
Pitch Design
โช๏ธFacility Access on Off Days
More info to come @ !
Regarding my tweet from a couple days ago. This is Cam Grindle. Heโs a 6โ2โ 15 year old. Been in the program for 4 yrs & just keeps working. Now heโs hitting legit home runs with wood bats. He is a very solid 2-way 2023 prospect right now.
@Coach_Sully1
@CoachWelchRBI
@GBG_Hawks
Random Thought on MA HS Baseball. Why not change the structure from Freshman/JV to something like "Sub-Varsity 1" and "Sub-Varsity 2"? All Fr/So/Jr eligible for both rosters. The freedom it gives coaches/programs to provide more playing time and challenges with less restriction.
Congrats to Coach Pat Boen &
@StonehillBASE
on the first D1 W for the program!
Coach is a huge reason I do what I do for a living and love to see him still doing it too.
GO SKYHAWKS (and Chieftains)!
I want to again take this opportunity to confirm my stance on people reporting scores with the lower number first: โItโs absolutely psychotic behavior.โ
You lost 5-0, not 0-5. Just absolutely absurd. Canโt get over it.
Nothing better than seeing our 17/18U teams get going each summer. Each roster not only loaded with talent, but with players & families who have made a true, long-term commitment to our program. No hired guns, just a bunch of studs who train together all fall/winter for years.
Are high school athletes really announcing their reclassifications to private schools on twitter WHILE they are currently rostered on their public high school team!?!? That is a complete slap in the face to their current teammates.
Random observation here: choose your partner for drills wisely. Some partners seem to get each other better and others seem to enable each other to get worse and slack off. What type of partner would your teammates consider you to be?
This kid just worked, then worked more, hit the weights, played the game hard, got better every year.
2019: 13U-Blue
2020: 14U-Blue
2021: 15U-Blue
2022: 16U-Black
2023: 17U-Northeast + Committed to D1
@MerrimackBSB
Congrats Deshโฆyou earned it!
@deshiromatt
@MHSHornetBASEBL
And not to mention SIGNIFICANTLY healthier than being locked in their houses playing video games, creating terrible nutritional habits, adding to a decline in mental health and lack of socialization. Sports with proper guidance is an absolute must for our youth!
This pic may not look like much, but as โDirectorโ of
@GBG_Hawks
, seeing our 11U players & parents watching 17/18Uโs feat some of the top players in MA was an awesome moment. Equally cool to see parents of 17/18โs looking at 11โs remembering the journey.
!
Dear 14U Pitcher who just cussed out his third baseman for letting ball go by him for a run on a tag up play from RF, if you were backing up the base, it would not have resulted in a run.
The
@GBG_Hawks
went big in 2021 -- with the opening of a new facility and a MAJOR impact on the
@MIAA033
D1 championship. Find out how the program focuses on development with 350 players.
Incredibly happy for and proud of all of our
@GBG_Hawks
boys on the D1 State Championship
@XBbaseball
squad. So many different types of players w/ different skill sets and different paths to get to this point but in the end the only thing that mattered was the common goal!
#WWACD
Good luck to all our High School
@GBG_Hawks
players & coaches as you return to the field to represent your schools and your communities.
Play with pride, play with passion, compete like hell, be a great teammate & never lose sight that you wonโt get this time back.
#WWACD
Impossible to put into words what this group has meant to our program. Best way I can is to repost a picture of them winning a Championship of a tournament appropriately named โBest of the Bestโ. Thank you gentlemen for all the years of dedication. Unbelievable group of families
Slept 8 minutes last night. It's officially
@MHSHornetBASEBL
OPENING DAY! Can't wait to be on that field with my boys. They've worked hard this preseason and now it's time to put it to use.
Remember these 3 things:
Opening day
#5
@MHSHornetBASEBL
, barely slept. Fortunate to coach in a great community under supportive admin w/ passionate coaches FOR student-athletes & families. I promise the day I wake up w/o butterflies is the day I pass the baton. Today is definitely not that day!
#WWACD
๐จGAMEDAY๐จ
โพ๏ธ vs Attleboro HS
๐ Thursday, April 4th
โฐ 3:45pm
๐ Mansfield HS
๐ 250 East St, Mansfield, MA
๐ช๐ผ John Carney, 2020
Hornets with a big time 3-1 opening day win over Oliver Ames!!
@asacchetti8
(2022) dominated on the mound with 6ip 3H 0R 7K. Jack Colby, Anthony Sacchetti, Luke Urban lead the offense with RBIโs each.
Todayโs
#colbycutoff
for player of the game goes to Anthony Sacchetti!๐ โพ๏ธ
BUNT FOR HIT
A tool for the tool bag!
This one from
@VandyBoys
Enrique Bradfield Jr is an absolute beauty.
โช๏ธOpen Stance to 1B
โช๏ธLevel Barrel
โช๏ธPushed past LHP towards 2B
โช๏ธBeing wicked fast helps
By trotting Price, Devers, and Kimbrel our there last night, Cora showed them & their teammates he believes in them & had confidence in them. Sometimes thatโs all it takes for players to have a positive mindset and play up to their potential.
I mean, this is pretty damn cool!
Massachusetts D1 Player of the Year Matt Brinker hits a WALKOFF HR to complete teams comeback down at
@PerfectGameUSA
#WWBA
in Georgia.
@PG_Tourney
@mattbrinker8
@Coach_Sully1
LOVE IT...Great team effort with contributions from entire lineup!